TRUCK: No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra

TEAM: Kyle Busch Motorsports

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-F59

MOTOR: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Saturday, October 22, 4 p.m. ET, SPEED/MRN/Sirius NASCAR 90

No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra (Photo Credit: Autostock)

- Richards’ Returns to Truck Racing in ‘Dega: Saturday’s 250-mile NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Talladega Superspeedway will be 23-year-old Josh Richards’ seventh career start in the Truck Series. Richards made his NCWTS debut at Kentucky Speedway on July 7 with Kyle Busch Motorsports and sponsor Joy Mining Machinery.

- KBM at Talladega: The Mooresville, N.C-based Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) team has one career NCWTS start on Talladega Superspeedway’s 2.66-mile tri-oval. Owner Kyle Busch piloted the No. 18 entry to one of eight total wins in 2010 at the October NCWTS event at Talladega en route to claiming the 2010 Truck Series Owners’ Championship. In 56 total NCWTS starts since their inception in 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports has earned 15 victories, 30 top-five finishes, 36 top-10 finishes and eight pole awards while leading 1,919 laps of competition.

- Joy Mining Machinery at Talladega: Richards’ sponsor, Joy Mining Machinery, will have a group of over 100 employees and customers present at the Talladega Paddock Club on Saturday to support Richards and the No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra it their seventh series start this season.

Josh Richards

Crew Chief Rick Ren on working with a rookie driver at Talladega Superspeedway:

“I’ll have to give Josh some of the dos and don’ts about how you blend in, because the biggest thing is actually how you blend into the race track. You have to learn that when a group goes by you in excess of 190 mph it can pick you up and turn you right around on the race track with that big spoiler. I’ve had that happen with more than one rookie. The second thing we’re going to work on is trying to get him comfortable riding around there. I’ll start him on the bottom to get around there to not lift and get him comfortable. And then we’re going to have to get him into some drafting practice somewhere. I don’t want to put him in a three-wide situation during drafting practice. I think we need to keep him two-wide for practice. It’s important, so I need to teach him to learn to shift at the same point every time. It’s shifting, it’s pit road and if you get a little wiggle during draft, you can’t let off the draft, so there will be quite a bit to talk about.”

SPECIAL PAINT SCHEME AT MARTINSVILLE:

Richards will run a special paint scheme at Martinsville Speedway on October 29 highlighting artwork done by Alexandra and Hunter Vogel of Mooresville, N.C. The children’s artwork was created to honor the U.S. Navy SEALs and warriors who lost their lives fighting terrorism in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011.

Having been a part of a Navy family all of their lives, Hunter (9) and Alexandra (6) created artwork to show support for the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) families who lost loved ones on August 6. Hunter and Alexandra have since had their artwork made into stickers and have given them away to remind people of the sacrifices these and other warriors make everyday. As a result many who met Alexandra and Hunter and heard their story have made donations to the Navy SEAL Foundation.

The NSW Community lost 22 members on August 6. The fallen included Navy SEALs, Explosive Ordinance Disposal warriors, information systems professionals and cryptologic specialists. Along with these personnel, we also lost the Army aircrew, Air Force personnel and our Afghan partners that fight with our soldiers every day.

Richards met Hunter and Alexandra in August and has had their special sticker on his Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra in Bristol, Atlanta and Kentucky. Richards’ partner Joy Mining Machinery was impressed by the story and the company decided they would help Josh help Alexandra and Hunter get the word out. The company created a special paint scheme and generously donated the hood branding on Richards’ entry into the NCWTS race at Martinsville Speedway on October 29 to showcase Alexandra and Hunter’s effort and artwork on the truck.

Alexandra and Hunter Vogel, their family, guests from the Navy SEAL Foundation and the NSW community will attend the NCWTS race at Martinsville as special guests of Richards and Joy Mining Machinery.

A website was created to help get the word out about the stickers and the fundraising effort. For more information go to www.NSWKids.com. To make a donation to the Navy SEAL Foundation, go to www.NavySEALFoundation.org.

CHASSIS SELECTION:

In Saturday’s Coca-Cola 250 powered by fred’s, Richards will drive chassis F59. Driver Tayler Malsam qualified sixth and finished 17th with this chassis in the 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway in February 2010 in its lone start for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

ABOUT JOY MINING MACHINERY:

Joy Mining Machinery has over 90 years of experience as a global leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of underground mining machinery for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, Joy Mining Machinery employs over 8,000 employees worldwide. For additional information, visit www.joy.com.

ABOUT KBM:

Kyle Busch Motorsports has quickly established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. The reigning Camping World Truck Series owners’ champions prepare a fleet of race-winning Toyotas out of a 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. Pending LEED certification, the facility’s state-of-the art equipment and innovative green initiatives make it unmatched among its peers. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at kylebuschmotorsports.com, by liking the team on Facebook (KyleBuschMS) and following the team on twitter (@KyleBuschMS).

For more information about Josh Richards and Joy Racing click on joyracing.net or follow on Twitter @joyracing.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

No. 98 Ferrellgas / Agrisure Viptera / Drive for Savings Chevrolet Silverado

“Obviously ThorSport Racing is one of the most consistent and respected teams in the truck series, so it’s great to be working with a team of this caliber. The 13 and 88 teams are both at the top of their game, among the leaders in the point standings and winning races, so our goal is to build the 98 team and help Dakoda do the same,” Stillman noted.

“I’m really happy that Dan has come on board as my crew chief. He’s got a lot of experience at the tracks we’ll be going to and he has been very successful. The best thing for me is that now I can start building my relationship with him for the rest of the races we do this season so we’re that much stronger when we run the full season in 2012,” said Armstrong.

Double Duty: In addition to making his second career NCWTS start, Dakoda Armstrong will return to familiar ground in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards and the running of the Ansell Protective Gloves 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway. Returning to the Cunningham Motorsports No. 22 Cardinal Ethanol/ICM, Inc./Murex Dodge he captured a win with last month at Winchester Speedway, Armstrong hopes he has similar success at another Indiana short track on Thursday night. The team will be racing the same chassis they tested Lucas Oil Raceway with in June, which was also the machine that visited victory lane at Winchester.

Home State Advantage: Hailing from New Castle, Indiana, Dakoda Armstrong will compete at Lucas Oil Raceway this weekend with an extra boost of confidence from supportive family members. Armstrong has previous experience at the .686-mile oval in USAC competition, which he hopes to utilize during the ARCA and NCWTS events. The 20-year-old also tested his ARCA Racing Series machine at the Indiana short track in June to dial in the car and log more laps in a stock car.

Chassis History: The No. 98 team will bring chassis No. 23 to Lucas Oil Raceway this weekend. This particular chassis visited Victory Lane at Las Vegas and Kansas last year with Johnny Sauter, and was driven by Armstrong in his NCWTS debut two weeks ago at Iowa.

Dakoda Armstrong

How does it feel to be racing so close to home?

“No matter what sport you’re in, I think it’s always helpful to have ‘home field’ advantage. To me, I think Lucas Oil Raceway has always provided great racing conditions and I’m really pumped to race both the ARCA and truck races. It’s cool to be able to do what I love so close to home so my family can be a part of it too.”

Did you learn anything during the race at Iowa that you can carry over to this weekend?

“It’s going to continue to be a learning process getting used to these trucks and the way they handle. I was getting more and more comfortable during the race at Iowa until we ran into some trouble and got the left front fender damage that really messed up the handling. Turning as many laps as possible this weekend will just add to what we accomplished last week. ”

Do you think your prior experience will help you at Lucas Oil Raceway this weekend?

“Even though I only have experience in midgets at Lucas Oil Raceway prior to this weekend, I think the races I’ve done will help with the learning curve. It helps that I’ve raced around it before to any extent because I already know what the track’s characteristics are. It’s a very unique track and it races a little differently due to its odd length. The goal for the ARCA race is to just run some more laps at the track and get a better feel for it in a stock car, so I’m planning on using some of what I learn on Thursday to help me in the truck on Friday.”

Race Info:

July 29, 2011

Lucas Oil Raceway

0.686-Mile Oval

AAA Insurance 200

200 Laps/137 Miles

Broadcast Info:

TV: SPEED will broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. EST

Radio: MRN will broadcast live at 7:15 p.m. EST

Team Facts:

Crew Chief: Dan Stillman

Chassis: 23

Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)

Dakoda Armstrong Career results at Lucas Oil Raceway:

- Three top-10 finishes in USAC National Midget Series

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

One of the last times that Zahra was seen in public was at the Starkey Hearing Foundation “Get in Gear to Help Children Hear” event hosted by Speedway Children’s Charities at Charlotte Motor Speedway last May. She was one of 75 underprivileged children and adults throughout the Carolinas that were given the gift of hearing at the event. The event was attended by NASCAR legend Richard Petty as well as KBM drivers Brian Ickler and Tayler Malsam.

Speedway Children’s Charities has invited several of the hearing-impaired children who attended last May’s event to take part in Friday’s festivities. The children will stand next to Kyle Busch and his No. 18 Toyota during pre-race festivities and immediately following the moment of silence release balloons in honor of Zahra. Speedway Children’s Charities has also graciously donated tickets for these children to watch the race from the grandstand along with residents of the Church of God Children’s Home, a primary charity of the Kyle Busch Foundation located in Kannapolis, N.C.

“The story of Zahra Baker’s tragic murder really hit home with KBM and the Kyle Busch Foundation,” said Busch. “It wasn’t too long after the event that Brian and Tayler attended at Charlotte Motor Speedway that Zahra was first reported missing and later found to have been murdered. We wanted to do something special in her honor and felt that the truck race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was the perfect opportunity. We are honored to have Speedway Children’s Charities and several of the kids that attended last year’s event at the Speedway join us in paying remembrance to her. Zahra will never be forgotten. She will always be in our hearts.”

About Speedway Children’s Charities

The mission of Speedway Children’s Charities remains true to the ideals it was founded upon in 1982: To care for children in educational, financial, social and medical need in order to help them lead productive lives. SCC provides funding for hundreds of non-profit organizations throughout the nation that meet the direct needs of children. Our vision is that every child has the same opportunities no matter what obstacle they are facing.

About Kyle Busch Motorsports

NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch added a second career within NASCAR in December 2009 when he announced his Kyle Busch Motorsports team would compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010. KBM is a leader on and off the track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, becoming the first team since the series originated in 1995 to capture the owners’ championship in their inaugural season. In October of 2010, the team moved into a brand new 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C., which boasts state-of-the-art equipment and its pending LEED certification make it unmatched among its peers. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at www.kylebuschmotorsports.com, by liking the team on facebook (www.facebook.com/KyleBuschMS) and following the team on twitter @KyleBuschMS.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

2011 NCWTS Tayler Malsam - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR

No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra

Darlington Raceway – Too Tough To Tame 200

March 12, 2011

No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra News and Notes

• This Week’s Tundra… Tayler Malsam will compete with chassis MDM-110 at Darlington Raceway.  MDM-110 is a brand new chassis that was built especially for Darlington Raceway.  The laps during the opening practice session on Saturday morning will be the first laps completed by MDM-110 on a track. 

• First Timer…This weekend will mark Tayler Malsam’s first race at the “Lady in Black.”  The Seattle, Wash. native tested at the 1.366-mile oval in 2008 as a development driver for Bill Davis Racing.  Malsam, then 19, logged laps around the difficult South Carolina track while behind the wheel of a Toyota Tundra and hopes to benefit from that experience during the race on Saturday evening.

• Meet Tayler… Fans at the track in Darlington, S.C. will have the opportunity to meet Tayler Malsam in the hours leading up to the race on Saturday afternoon.  The driver of the No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra will join other drivers in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to meet fans and sign autographs.  The NCWTS autograph session will be held on pit road at Darlington Raceway from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST.

• Local Talent Returns Home… Fayetteville, N.C. native Matt House will return to his home track, Darlington Raceway, for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event this weekend.  House, a 2004 graduate of Cape Fear High School, is in his third season as the front tire carrier on the No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra team.

• Welcome Back One-Eighty… One Eighty, the Seattle-based company that acted as Malsam’s primary sponsor at Daytona International Speedway last month, will make another appearance on the hood of the 22-year-old’s Toyota Tundra this weekend at Darlington Raceway.  One Eighty’s senior housing brands (Leisure Care, Leisure Care Premiere, Dolcetto and Signature 180) operate over 40 communities and nearly 7,000 units in the Western United States and Canada.  One Eighty also owns hospitality brands Twist Travel™, PrimeFit™ and Edibility™ and is involved in One Eighty Racing.  For more information visit www.oneeightytwist.com.

• Follow Tayler… Fans are invited to follow Tayler Malsam, driver of the No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra, on twitter @TaylerMalsam and Facebook (NASCAR Driver Tayler Malsam).  Fans can also check out http://www.taylermalsam.com for news, updates, and photos throughout the week.

No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra

• Get the Inside Scoop… Follow Randy Moss Motorsports on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook to get real-time updates and behind the scenes information:  @RMMRacing or facebook.com/randymossmotorsports.

No. 25 One Eighty Toyota Tundra

• Watch and Listen…The Too Tough To Tame 200 from Darlington Raceway will be broadcast live on SPEED, MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio, channel 128, at 5:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 12.  Qualifying will also be broadcast live on SPEED at 3:30 p.m. EST Saturday afternoon. 

Tayler Malsam on racing at Darlington Raceway

“I’m excited to finally have the chance to race at Darlington [Raceway].  It’s such an old speedway with so much history behind it.  It’s unlike any other track on the [NASCAR Camping World] Truck Series circuit, so it will be a whole new experience for me.  The trucks put on a really great show there last year, and I’m sure this year will be no different.  The One Eighty Toyota Tundra team put a lot hard work into building us a brand new truck for this weekend and we all know what we need to accomplish during practice.  We’re looking forward to going to the track and getting the weekend started.”

Crew Chief Dan Stillman on competing at Darlington Raceway

“Darlington [Raceway] is truly the track that is ‘too tough to tame.’  It’s a driver’s track—Tayler and I will need to work together and communicate well to determine what his Toyota Tundra is doing as he drives through the corners.  Then we need to adjust the One Eighty Toyota Tundra to make it handle exactly how he needs it.  If he’s wrestling the truck to get through the corners, it will be a long 200 miles at that track.  The guys on the One Eighty team put a lot of work into getting our truck ready for this weekend; we’re taking a brand new chassis and one that we believe will perform very well at Darlington [Raceway].”

Tayler Malsam

Driver Bio

Birthdate: February 15, 1989

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Residence: Mooresville, NC

Status: Single

After spending the 2010 season making a series of starts in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), Tayler Malsam returns to his seat at Randy Moss Motorsports to compete with the team that helped him throughout his rookie campaign.  The 21-year-old from the Pacific Northwest proved to be a contender in his Randy Moss Motorsports-prepared Toyota Tundra two seasons ago, and with another year of racing experience and greater confidence in his talent, the young driver is sure to make his mark in the series in 2011.

Malsam began racing shifter karts at age 15 in his hometown of Sammamish, Wash.  After qualifying for the US Nationals, Malsam made the leap into a full season of Formula TR open-wheel road racing in 2005.  That same year he began competing in both 360 and 410 Winged Sprint car competition, advancing to the Knoxville Nationals where he set the fastest qualifying lap for a rookie during the 47^th annual event.

In 2007, Malsam made the jump to stock cars, racing Late Models at Irwindale (Calif.) Raceway.  He also made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Toledo Speedway that year, starting his first race from the eighth position.  His talent caught the eye of Penske Racing, who gave him a shot as a development driver in 2008, racing the full ARCA Racing Series season and finishing ninth in the driver Points Standings.  In August 2008, Malsam also made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

By 2009 Malsam moved up the ranks to race full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when an opportunity opened up at Randy Moss Motorsports.  The Sammamish, Wash., native finished second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings and recorded one top-five and 10 top-10 finishes throughout his rookie campaign.  The success caught the eye of NASCAR standout Kyle Busch who hand-picked the young driver to join the newly formed Kyle Busch Motorsports to start the 2010 season.  After an opportunity arose to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Braun Racing, Malsam returned to Randy Moss Motorsports to finish out the season.

With 38 NCWTS starts on his resume, Malsam has proven to be a quick study in figuring out the ins and outs of truck series racing.  The young driver boasts a total of 11 top-10 finishes, including a 10^th-place finish in the 2010 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and a career best finish of fifth at Gateway (St. Louis) International Raceway.

Defining Moments…

• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race:

August 20, 2008, Bristol Motor Speedway, (qualified 22^nd, finished 21^st)

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career Best Start:

Fifth – Iowa Speedway, September 5, 2009

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career Best Finish:

Fifth – Gateway International Raceway, September 12, 2009

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career High Points Finish:

12^th – 2009

- Randy Moss Motorsports, Press Release

No. 25 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Tundra

Phoenix International Raceway – Lucas Oil 150

February 25, 2011

2011 NCWTS Tayler Malsam - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR

• This Week’s Tundra… Tayler Malsam and Randy Moss Motorsports will compete with chassis MDM-109 at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday night.  MDM-109 is a brand new chassis that was built especially for Phoenix International Raceway and events at other short-tracks throughout the 2011 season.  The opening practice session on Friday morning will mark the first time MDM-109 has been on the track. 
• A Different Kind of Horsepower… Tayler Malsam and Randy Moss Motorsports will welcome Iron Horse Jeans back to the hood of their Toyota Tundra.  The California-based company made their debut with Randy Moss Motorsports at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Nov. 2010.  Iron Horse Jeans makes premium denim jeans affordable without sacrificing quality and guarantees them to last. Their line is vintage inspired because they take cues from the hard working jeans of past generations and update them with modern fits for today’s men and women.  For more information and retail locations, visit www.ironhorsejeans.com. 
• Follow Tayler… Fans are invited to follow Tayler Malsam, driver of the No. 25 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Tundra, on twitter @TaylerMalsam and Facebook (NASCAR Driver Tayler Malsam).  Fans can also check out http://www.taylermalsam.com for news, updates, and photos throughout the week.
• Get the Inside Scoop… Follow Randy Moss Motorsports on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook to get real-time updates and behind-the-scenes content and photos.  Visit Facebook.com/RandyMossMotorsports or @RMMRacing to see what you’re missing.
• Watch and Listen…The Lucas Oil 150 from Phoenix International Raceway will be broadcast live on SPEED, MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio, channel 128, beginning at 7:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 25.  Fans can also watch practice live on SPEED at 11:00 a.m. EST on Friday, followed by qualifying at 5:00 p.m. EST. 

• Quick in Qualifying… As the NCWTS works off the 2010 point standings to guarantee competitors a place in the opening four events of the 2011 season, Tayler Malsam must be fast in qualifying to earn a place to race on Friday night.  The 22-year-old from Seattle, Wash., does not have points to fall back on, and must therefore qualify into the race on time. 

Tayler Malsam on racing at Phoenix International Raceway

“I’m excited to be back racing on the West Coast.  I’m really lucky to have such great sponsors behind me and I’m thankful for all of their support.  The No. 25 truck is going to have Iron Horse Jeans back on the hood, and I’m looking forward to hanging out with all of their guests at the racetrack.  The truck I had last weekend was one of the best trucks that I’ve ever taken to the race track, and we’re taking a brand new piece to the track this weekend.  I’m excited to see how it handles and how we do throughout practices and qualifying on Friday.”

Crew Chief Dan Stillman on competing at Phoenix International Raceway

“Phoenix is a great little racetrack and one that we always look forward to racing at.  Our team has a lot of great supporters behind it, and we’re excited to have Iron Horse Jeans back with us this weekend.  We need to qualify into the race, so there’s a little more added pressure, but we have a great group of guys that are more than up to the challenge and a brand-new truck that we’re really excited about taking to the track.”

Tayler Malsam

Driver Bio

Birthdate: February 15, 1989

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Residence: Mooresville, NC

Status: Single

After spending the 2010 season making a series of starts in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), Tayler Malsam returns to his seat at Randy Moss Motorsports to compete with the team that helped him throughout his rookie campaign.  The 21-year-old from the Pacific Northwest proved to be a contender in his Randy Moss Motorsports-prepared Toyota Tundra two seasons ago, and with another year of racing experience and greater confidence in his talent, the young driver is sure to make his mark in the series in 2011.

Malsam began racing shifter karts at age 15 in his hometown of Sammamish, Wash.  After qualifying for the US Nationals, Malsam made the leap into a full season of Formula TR open-wheel road racing in 2005.  That same year he began competing in both 360 and 410 Winged Sprint car competition, advancing to the Knoxville Nationals where he set the fastest qualifying lap for a rookie during the 47^th annual event.

In 2007, Malsam made the jump to stock cars, racing Late Models at Irwindale (Calif.) Raceway.  He also made his ARCA Racing Series debut at Toledo Speedway that year, starting his first race from the eighth position.  His talent caught the eye of Penske Racing, who gave him a shot as a development driver in 2008, racing the full ARCA Racing Series season and finishing ninth in the driver Points Standings.  In August 2008, Malsam also made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

By 2009 Malsam moved up the ranks to race full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when an opportunity opened up at Randy Moss Motorsports.  The Sammamish, Wash., native finished second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings and recorded one top-five and 10 top-10 finishes throughout his rookie campaign.  The success caught the eye of NASCAR standout Kyle Busch who hand-picked the young driver to join the newly formed Kyle Busch Motorsports to start the 2010 season.  After an opportunity arose to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Braun Racing, Malsam returned to Randy Moss Motorsports to finish out the season.

With 38 NCWTS starts on his resume, Malsam has proven to be a quick study in figuring out the ins and outs of truck series racing.  The young driver boasts a total of 11 top-10 finishes, including a 10^th-place finish in the 2010 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and a career best finish of fifth at Gateway (St. Louis) International Raceway.

Defining Moments…

• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race:

August 20, 2008, Bristol Motor Speedway, (qualified 22^nd, finished 21^st)

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career Best Start:

Fifth – Iowa Speedway, September 5, 2009

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career Best Finish:

Fifth – Gateway International Raceway, September 12, 2009

• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Career High Points Finish:

12^th – 2009

- Randy Moss Motorsports, Press Release

Randy Moss Motorsports

“I’m excited to be competing with Randy Moss Motorsports and International Truck / Monaco RVs for the 2011 season,” commented Travis Kvapil, driver of the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra. “The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a great series with a lot of tough competition, and I’m excited to be there full-time. I’ve had a lot of success racing in the [NASCAR Camping World] Truck Series in the past, and I’m looking forward to winning races and contending for the championship. International Truck and Monaco RVs are great sponsors and supporters and to be able to pair that with a leading competitor like Randy Moss Motorsports makes me very excited to see what we can achieve this season.”

Kvapil, the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, has been a dominant force when racing in the truck series since his 2001 debut. In 132 starts, the 34-year-old has collected nine wins, four poles and led nearly 900 laps; all while maintaining an average start of 9.4 and an average finish of 9.8. In his five full seasons of NCWTS competition, the Wisconsin native has never finished outside of the top-10 in the championship point standings.

No. 5 International Truck / Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

“Travis is known for being a fierce competitor and veteran in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,” commented David Dollar, co-owner of Randy Moss Motorsports. “With his experience racing in the [NASCAR Sprint] Cup Series, we look for Travis to make an immediate impact on the team and become an asset to our organization. He has an impeccable record in the [NASCAR Camping World] Truck Series and everyone at Randy Moss Motorsports is looking forward to having the opportunity to bring home our first championship and Travis’ second title.”

Rick Viers joins Randy Moss Motorsports from Roush Fenway Racing where he served as a crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series throughout the last 21 races of the 2010 season. With 28 years of motorsports experience, Viers has held virtually every title from driver, to owner, mechanic, tire changer, and crew chief. As a crew chief, the Maryland native has recorded eight NASCAR Nationwide Series victories and one win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

“I’m looking forward to working with Travis Kvapil, Randy Moss, David Dollar and everyone else at Randy Moss Motorsports throughout the 2011 season,” commented Rick Viers, crew chief of the No. 5 International Truck/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra. “Travis has had immense success in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and to have a driver of his caliber behind the wheel of our Toyota Tundra is very exciting. Everyone at Randy Moss Motorsports has put in a lot of hard work and dedication to make this a championship-caliber team, and I believe that is exactly what you will see the International Truck / Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra racing for at the end of the season.”

Travis Kvapil will make his debut with Randy Moss Motorsports next month at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 5 International Trucks/Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra will also sport a new paint scheme which will be used throughout the 2011 season.

About Randy Moss Motorsports

Randy Moss Motorsports is a two-truck team and leading competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Veteran-owner David Dollar joined forces with NFL-standout Randy Moss on July 3, 2008 to form the winning organization. In 2011, Randy Moss Motorsports will return to fight for the championship. 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Travis Kvapil will pilot the No. 5 International Truck / Monaco RVs Toyota Tundra, while the up-and-coming Tayler Malsam will race in the No. 25 Toyota Tundra entry.

- Randy Moss Motorsports Press Release

Turn One Racing

“It’s a great thing for me personally to have the opportunity to come back into the Truck Series after spending a few years racing in other divisions,” Marks explained. “I’ve always had a lot of respect for Stacy Compton and his team, both when it was Wyler Racing and now as Turn One Racing. What’s great about being able to experience NASCAR like I did in 2008, and come back after a couple years out of it, is the perspective I’ve gained from reflecting on that time and learning what kind of program I need to come back to in order to be successful. Stacy has been refreshingly honest with me and given me the blueprint for success in 2011. I’m thrilled for what’s ahead and am already working hard on being the best I can be and making this year count.”

Marks, 29, is coming off of an impressive season in the ARCA Racing Series where he finished sixth in the 2010 driver point standings after scoring one win, seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 20 starts. Marks also took the pole at New Jersey Motorsports Park and led 132 laps in the series overall.

“We are very happy to have Justin join our driver lineup this season,” said Team Owner, Stacy Compton. “He is coming off a very successful year in the ARCA Racing Series where he proved his talents as a driver. Adding Justin to our driver lineup will help build our program and put us in a position to win races and championships in the future.”

Justin Marks

Former race winning crew chief and NASCAR veteran Doug Wolcott will lead the team in 2011. Wolcott was most recently a crew chief at Randy Moss Motorsports where he called the shots for drivers Tayler Malsam and David Starr, among others. Prior to joining RMM, Wolcott was a crew chief at Bill Davis Racing, where he guided driver Scott Speed to a win at Dover in May of 2008 and helped that truck to 11th place in the owners’ standings with four different rookie drivers.

“Doug is a guy that has been around this sport a long time and he’s worked with and won with young guys,” said Marks. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and an unmatched work ethic. We already have a good working relationship that’s growing by the day so I think by the time Daytona rolls around; we’ll be firing on all cylinders. This is the first time in my career that I’ve been able to bring a crew chief into a program and work with him to build the effort around us and our goals so I’m pretty excited.”

Wolcott, who has more than 30 years of experience in the sport, grew up driving asphalt modifieds in the northeast and cut his teeth racing at Wall Stadium in New Jersey.

Marks will begin his full-time Truck Series effort when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tackles the high banks of Daytona International Speedway in a 100-lap, 250-mile battle on Friday, February 18, 2011.

- Turn One Racing Press Release

Eddie Sharp Racing Logo

The weekend began with two scheduled practice sessions on Thursday night. In his first laps around the 1.5-mile track, Goess posted a fast time of 33.610 seconds (160.666 mph). The team looked to make changes to the truck in the 30-minute break, but heavy rain began to fall over the south Florida track, forcing the teams to call it a night.

The No. 46 Greenville Toyota of N.C. team returned to the track early Friday morning for the rescheduled final practice. Making adjustments to prepare for qualifying and the race, Goess was able to lay down a fast lap time of 33.553 seconds (160.939 mph), in the final session of the day.

As the air temperature began to cool on Friday evening, Goess rolled off for qualifying, laying down a lap of 32.673 seconds (165.274 mph). The lap time placed the No. 46 in the 21st position to start the race.

Anticipation continued to build around the final NCWTS race as the trucks rolled off the grid for the start of the Ford 200. Beginning in the 21st position, Goess took the green flag and looked to gain experience in the truck throughout the 134-lap event. The Greenville, N.C. driver looked to move up right away and took the 20th position on the first lap. The No. 39 of Ryan Sieg battled Goess for position by the second lap, and Goess fell back to the 22nd position.

Holding steady early in the race in the 22nd position, Goess radioed to the crew that the truck was loose all around the track. On lap 28, crew chief Jefferson Hodges relayed to the driver that the race leader was catching up to the No. 46. The yellow came out just in time for the No. 46 on lap 30 as the race leader passed Goess, presenting the ESR team with the Aaron’s Lucky Dog award. The truck came down pit road for the first pit stop of the day on lap 33, and the No. 46 crew went to work on the truck. The crew changed four tires, added fuel and made adjustments to help with the loose truck. With the lucky dog award, Goess was able to restart the race at the back of the field on the lead lap on lap 35 in the 21st position.

Caught up in traffic, Goess fell back to the 23rd position on lap 40, but it did not take long for Goess to use momentum to go after the No. 9 of Max Paps for the 22nd position. The No. 46 held steady in the 22nd position, and crew chief Hodges continued to encourage the driver. “You are quicker than the next seven in front of you,” said Hodges. “Whatever you are doing, it is working. Keep it up.” By lap 71, Goess worked his way into 20th.

The yellow flag waved for the field on lap 74 with Goess in the 19th position, and the ESR Tundra came down pit road for four tires, fuel, an air pressure adjustment and adjustments to help tighten up the truck. The quick stop by the No. 46 crew pushed Goess up one position to the 18th spot. The field went back to green-flag racing on lap 80, and Goess continued to battle for positions. Moving passed Sieg and Tayler Malsam, Goess moved into the 16th position on lap 85. He continued to battle, going three-wide on the frontstretch.

The field slowed again on lap 88, and Goess came down pit road in the 18th position for the last stop of the night. The crew efficiently cleaned the grill and topped the truck off with fuel for a quick stop, picking up three spots for the restart. The green flag dropped with Goess in the 15th position on lap 95, and the drivers’ momentum began to help move him forward. Goess moved into the highest position of the night on lap 96, fighting Sieg for the 12th position. “That’s it, right there,” said Hodges. “What you are doing is working. Keep it up.”

The field was slowed again for a caution on lap 104, with Goess running in the 13th position. The green flag waved on lap 110, and Goess restarted in the 13th position on the bottom line. Going four-wide on lap 111, the No. 46 competed for the 12th position. It was not long before green-flag racing halted for another yellow flag. The No. 72 of John Jackson hit the inside wall and safety barrels, scattering sand across the track. As the track officials cleaned up the track, the red flag flew and gave the team plenty of time to strategize how to get to the front before the checkered flag waved. Going back to green on lap 114 after an extended red flag, Goess restarted 12th.

The intensity of the event increased when the green flag waved on lap 114, and Goess got caught in traffic running three- and four-wide. He fell back to the 20th position but didn’t stay back there long. Goess used momentum to pass trucks and move into the 16th position. The final caution of the evening waved on lap 126, halting Goess progress through the field.

The green flag waved for the final time on lap 130 presenting the field with a four-lap shootout with Goess in the 13th position. Goess battled the No. 19 of David Mayhew but was able to hold him off and crossed the finish line in the 12th position. Kyle Busch wheeled his way to his eighth-NCWTS win of the season and was crowned the 2010 NCWTS Owner Champion. Todd Bodine was crowned the 2010 NCWTS Driver Champion.

Craig Goess Jr.

Goess will pilot the No. 46 Greenville Toyota of N.C. ESR Toyota Tundra in the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The green flag drops on the 2011 season on February 18, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway.

About Eddie Sharp Racing

Eddie Sharp set up shop in 2005 in Denver, N.C. after several years of transforming young, talented drivers into ARCA championship contenders. Today, Eddie Sharp Racing has evolved into the rite of passage for any serious upcoming driver with an ambition for professional stock car racing. Located in Denver, North Carolina just north of Charlotte, Eddie Sharp Racing occupies a top-notch facility that closely resembles a five-star NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, both inside and out. The two ESR buildings contain two teams where on any given day, championship contending cars are assembled, engines tuned and teams strategize to score the next race day victory.

- Eddie Sharp Racing / Activ8 Communications Press Release

Kyle Busch is presented the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner's Championship trophy by NASCAR President Mike Helton - Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR

Event: Ford 200 (Round 25 of 25)

Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Location: Homestead-Miami Speedway (1.5-mile oval)

Start/Finish: 2nd / 1st (Running, completed 134 of 134 laps)

Winner: Kyle Busch of Kyle Busch Motorsports (Toyota)

Just as he has for much of his NASCAR career, Kyle Busch put an exclamation point on his latest triumph – the owner’s championship in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – by winning the season-ending Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The driver of the No. 18 TRAXXAS Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) needed only to finish 29th or better in Friday night’s season finale at the 1.5-mile oval, but never one to settle for anything, Busch led six times for a race-high 57 laps to notch his eighth Truck Series victory of the year and the 24th of his career.

The effort allowed Busch to secure the Truck Series owner’s championship with an iron fist, as the No. 18 KBM team ended the season with a 150-point margin over the No. 30 truck of Germain Racing, which finished second in the owner’s standings but won the driver’s championship with Todd Bodine. Bodine drove the No. 30 Toyota Tundra throughout 2010, while KBM split the season among Busch (16 races), Brian Ickler (seven races), and Johnny Benson and Kasey Kahne with one race apiece.

Any championship is a monstrous achievement for an organization, but perhaps more so for KBM, as 2010 was its first season in the Camping World Truck Series. With the owner’s title now in hand, the No. 18 KBM team is the first rookie squad to take the series’ owner’s championship since Richard Childress Racing won the inaugural Truck Series title with Mike Skinner in 1995.

“I feel like I won with my people this year, and the guys that we have on board were just tremendous supporters of mine and worked long, hard hours in the shop, never gave up, never held their head down, never pouted about how much we were working, but just kept working and made sure we were always ready for the next race,” said Busch, who at this time last year was only in the planning stages of building his Truck Series team, with still employees to hire and trucks to build. “This is what we set out to do at the beginning of the year – to come out here and work as hard as we could, to work with two different drivers at first, myself and Brian Ickler, but when Brian got the call to go drive for Roush Fenway Racing, we brought in Johnny Benson for a race and we brought in Kasey Kahne for a race, and without all those guys being able to give us good, solid finishes, we wouldn’t be in this position.”

Playing a big role in developing KBM from a start-up operation to a championship-caliber outfit was its array of partners, which includes TRAXXAS, Toyota, Z-Line Designs, Interstate Batteries, M&M’s, Dollar General, Heluva Good!, Flexco, NASCAR.com RaceView, Viasystems, Toyota of Scranton (Pa.), Toyota of Warsaw (Ind.), Triad Technologies, NOS Energy Drink and Electric.

“I feel like we’ve got a great product,” Busch said. “I can’t thank everyone who supported us this year enough. It’s fun to come out here and participate in the Truck Series. We’re still looking for sponsors to do it some more next year. It’s real tough. Hopefully, we can find some.”

Adding to the aura of the owner’s championship was that it also served as the first racing title of any kind for crew chief Eric Phillips.

“I don’t know if I’ve quite come down from what’s went on yet,” said Phillips, who first worked with Busch in 2003 as the then 18-year-old’s car chief during his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, where Busch finished second. “For this to be a brand new team, with all new guys, basically nine months ago, it’s a huge thing. Kyle didn’t own a screwdriver when he left here last year, and to win an owner’s championship with four different drivers, we pulled together and made it work. It’s been a pretty fun year.”

For KBM director of competition and general manager Rick Ren, winning the title was still special, even though it was old hat for him, as he nabbed Truck Series championships as crew chief for Ron Hornaday Jr., in 2007 and 2009.

“I’m proud, personally, but I’m also very proud for all of our guys,” said Ren, who also has 16 career Truck Series wins as a crew chief. “We all aimed for the same goal. We didn’t have a truck in the shop until after the first week in January and we only had about three or four people. But we got to Daytona and we had the fastest truck and it was because people believed in each other.

“I’ve got enough experience in racing for championships that I don’t let things bother me. You still maintain your focus. You have to race to win races, every week. If you points race, you’ll rattle yourself. And if the cards fall right, you win. I just made Kyle a promise that I would act like this was my race team and my money, and here we are.”

The championship capped a banner rookie season for KBM, as the team scored eight victories, six poles, 16 top-fives, 21 top-10s and led 1,099 laps in 2010. It will return to action Feb. 18, 2011 for the season-opening race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway with SPEED again carrying live, flag-to-flag coverage.

Finishing .577 of a second behind Busch in the Ford 200 was Hornaday, while Johnny Sauter, Bodine and Aric Almirola took spots three through five. The rest of the top-10 consisted of Matt Crafton, Justin Lofton, Skinner, Miguel Paludo and Tayler Malsam.

The event featured six caution periods for 26 laps, with three drivers failing to finish the 134-lap race.

- True Speed Communication Press Release

Toyota Motorsports

Homestead-Miami Speedway – November 19, 2010

- Kyle Busch won Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season-finale at Homestead-Miami
Speedway. He led six times for 57 laps (of 134) on the 1.5-mile track en route to victory lane.

- The victory enabled Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) to win the 2010 NCWTS owner’s championship in its inaugural season
with the No. 18 Tundra.

- Todd Bodine — who clinched the 2010 NCWTS driver’s championship last week at Phoenix — finished fourth in the Germain Racing No. 30 Toyota.

- Tundra drivers Aric Almirola (fifth), Justin Lofton (seventh), Mike Skinner (eighth), Miguel Paludo (ninth) and Tayler Malsam (10th) also recorded top-10 finishes Friday night.

- David Starr (11th), Craig Goess (12th), Timothy Peters (17th), Max Papis (18th), Johanna Long (20th) and Tom Hessert (29th) were also in the field for Toyota.

- Tundra drivers recorded 15 wins in 25 NCWTS races this season — the most wins for Tundra racers in a single season. The previous mark was 14 wins by Tundra drivers in 2009.

Kyle Busch - Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images

Finishing Position: 1st

How do you feel after tonight’s victory?

“This is so cool. To come out here and to win in our last race and to do it in the style that we did it — it wasn’t without some excitement, that’s for sure. I can’t thank these guys here enough at Kyle Busch Motorsports — everyone like Rick Ren (competition director) and Eric Phillips (crew chief). Eric made some great race calls today and kept my head on and got me back in the race. I can’t thank Traxxas enough, Toyota, M&M’s, Flexco, NOS Energy Drink, Gillette, Camping World for this series and all the fans. It’s fun to come out here and participate in the truck races. We’re still looking for sponsors to do it some more next year. It’s real tough. Hopefully, we can find some.”

Where does this win rank on your list?

“I don’t know. I’ve lost track. For me, it’s great to be able to get this opportunity and come out here and race in this series, to race with these competitors. Guys like Ron Hornaday and Todd Bodine. Congratulations to Todd (Bodine) on the driver’s championship. Like I said, I can’t thank everybody on this team enough. They do such a phenomenal job. We barely made it to Daytona with a couple trucks. We went through a lot of adversity. These guys worked some long hours this year. They’ve done a phenomenal job for me. I just can’t thank them enough. Thank the SPEED Channel too for helping me with my announcement earlier this year and be able to cover our series as good as you guys do it. Thank you.”

How concerned were you after the contact with Johnny Sauter?

“I was pretty concerned. I just knew that we were gonna be back in traffic and my truck wasn’t great out front. It was really loose. But back in traffic, Eric (Phillips, crew chief) and these guys made another great call to tighten it up, and we were able to have a really good driving truck there at the end to come back up through there. There was a lot of trucks, man. You go back and watch the replay on that second to last restart or whatever it was, I don’t even know where I was. You go out there and you try to get the win and you try to do what you can and hopefully these guys celebrate for a long time. They deserve it an awful lot.”

Todd Bodine celebrates his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, leading Aric Almirola by 202 points with one race remaining. Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR

Finishing Position: 4th

How does it feel to be a two-time NCWTS champion?

“I never thought that I’d be a one-time champion, let alone two-time champion. I don’t know what to say. It’s because of these guys up on the stage and all the guys back at the shop that (aren’t) here, I appreciate the hard work. It’s hard in a career to be a part of a group that cares as much as this one, and is as good as this one. I’m fortunate now, this is our fifth year together and we’re going strong and I count my blessings every day to be a part of a group like this — that care and want to win and want to run up front and can do it every week.”

What did you guys do different this year compared to last year to win the title?

“We didn’t really do anything different. Last year, we just had bad luck. Wrong place, wrong time. A lot of times, we just weren’t handling well. But, everybody stuck it out. They dug deep, they dug within themselves to build trucks last winter. That is one thing, last winter we went to work and re-did our trucks, re-engineered them. We made them a lot better. All the guys at KHI (Kevin Harvick Inc.) are the ones that put us to that because they raised the bar so high.”

How does it feel to win the championship?

“It’s pretty awesome. Everybody at Germain Racing has done such a great job all year long. Great trucks, Jr.’s (Mike Hillman, Jr., crew chief) done a heck of a job with this team. He’s the backbone. He’s the reason we run like this. I’m proud to be a part of this race team. It’s not often in a career that you get to be a part of this, and we’ve been fortunate now for five years, and have great owners and great guys that work for us, and I couldn’t be prouder of this team.”

What does it mean to have the Germain family put their confidence in this team?

“When three guys get together and decide, ‘We’ve got enough confidence in this race team and we’ve got enough confidence in our driver and we’re going to put the funds behind it to do this,’ that says a lot for the people that work for them and the respect that they have for those people. And it goes both ways. We respect the hell out of them. They’re great guys. They’ve put their heart and soul into this team and this year came out of their pocket. We had Valvoline on board for four races, but they basically came out of their pocket to pay for this season and to be able to come out of here with four wins and a championship, I’m glad we could pay them back with that.”

How important are Mike Hillman (general manager) and Mike Hillman Jr. (crew chief) to this team?

“They’re about as ‘racer’ as you can get. Everybody on this team. Obviously, the Hillmans are the backbone. Mike (Hillman) Sr. (general manager) got this thing going and (Mike Hillman) Jr. came in and took over and he’s done a hell of a job with this team. He does more than just work on this 30 truck. He helps take care of this whole team. It is a family. It’s hard to describe when you get a group of guys together. We all squabble and quarrel and have our differences, but every family does. But, the one thing about this group is if one of them falls down, there’s three of them there to pick him up and brush him off. That’s what it takes to be champions.”

Aric Almirola - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood / Getty Images for NASCAR

Finishing Position: 5th

How was your race tonight?

“We had a good truck, it just wouldn’t take off very good. Our truck was really good after about 10 or so laps on the tires and we just didn’t have the speed we needed right at the get-go, which is a shame because that’s what it came down to at the end, was the restarts. I’m proud of my guys. We had a great year. We won a couple races, finished second in the points. It was really, really a great year. We were very consistent. Had a lot of top-fives, a lot of top-10s. I wanted to win tonight bad, though.”

JUSTIN LOFTON, No. 7 visitPIT.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 7th

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 International Trucks / Monaco RV Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 8th

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 11 Stemco Duraline Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 9th

TAYLER MALSAM, No. 25 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 10th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry Toyota Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 11th

CRAIG GOESS, No. 46 Greenville Toyota Tundra, Eddie Sharp Racing

Finishing Position: 12th

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 17th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 18th

JOHANNA LONG, No. 20 Panhandle Grading and Paving Toyota Tundra, Panhandle Motorsports

Finishing Position: 20th

TOM HESSERT, No. 77 Cherry Hill Classic Cars Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 29th

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

Ron Hornaday Jr – Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood / Getty Images for NASCAR

“We had a great truck,” said Hornaday after the wreck. “The E-Z-GO Chevrolet was awesome. We were really good during the second run, but I guess this set of tires was just a little looser. I was waiting on the pressures to build up in this set and I guess Austin [Dillon] just got down in there and got loose. I was going to let him go but I knew the No. 51 was right there with him. It’s a real shame for E-Z-GO, VFW, Rheem, Georgia Boot, just everybody. It takes a lot of people to make this thing work and this is another new truck that I have wrecked. We just have to get some luck going.”

Hornaday began the Lucas Oil 150 from the 14th position, marking only the fourth time Hornaday has started outside the top 10 at PIR. Wasting little time, Hornaday quickly made his way up through the field being scored in the ninth position when the first caution waved on lap 16. Hornaday reported to the team that he was too loose getting into the corner and was way too loose trying to drive off the corners. Hornaday made adjustments inside the cockpit of the No. 33 truck by tinkering with the front brake bias. The race restarted on lap 23, as Hornaday moved into the seventh position. On lap 26, Hornaday flipped to the opposite feedback, telling crew chief Butch Hylton that he was too tight while trying to navigate through traffic. Working to adapt to the feeling of his truck, Hornaday began to try different lines and strategies to get around the one-mile oval.

As the caution waved for the second time, the No. 33 truck had moved into the fifth position. The team decided to bring Hornaday down pit road for the first scheduled pit stop of the evening. The team changed four tires, added fuel and made a slight air-pressure adjustment. Hornaday restarted the race on lap 59 from the fifth position. Without even completing one lap of green-flag competition, the caution waved again for a multi-truck incident involving Ricky Carmichael and Tayler Malsam. The race restarted on lap 63 with Hornaday still in the fifth position.

The longer the run went, the faster the No. 33 truck became, moving into the third position on lap 80 and chasing his KHI teammate Clint Bowyer for second. The caution flew again on lap 89 and the No. 33 team came down pit road for the second and final scheduled pit stop of the evening. Hornaday had reported the No. 33 truck was “pretty good,” so the team changed four tires and added fuel, making no chassis adjustments. A few trucks chose different strategies, but a solid stop by the No. 33 pit crew allowed Hornaday to restart the race with 55 laps remaining in the fifth spot.

After the restart, Hornaday jumped into the third position, however, on this run, the truck became looser the longer the run went. By lap 100, Hornaday had slipped back into a race with Austin Dillon and Aric Almirola for the fourth and fifth positions. With few laps remaining in the race, Hornaday fought to keep his track position. On lap 114, the No. 3 of Dillon drove down hard into turn one, underneath Hornaday. Dillon’s truck snapped sideways, as he made every effort to save the truck, but Hornaday became the innocent victim as Dillon lost the nose of the truck, hooking Hornaday in the right-rear quarter panel. The contact sent the No. 33 truck backwards into the outside retaining wall and the No. 33 truck sustained heavy rear-end damage. The team brought the truck to pit road to survey the damage, but it was decided that the damage was too great to fix with less than 30 laps remaining, ending the night early for the No. 33 team for the third week in a row. Hornaday was credited with a 29th-place finish.

Hornaday’s KHI teammate Clint Bowyer went on to win the Lucas Oil 150 followed by Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton and Aric Almirola.

Todd Bodine was crowned the 2010 Truck Series champion with a 202 point lead over Almirola. The Truck Series travels to Homestead-Miami Speedway next Friday night for the season finale Ford 200 which can be seen live on SPEED at 7:30 p.m., EST.

About E-Z-GO

E-Z-GO, a Textron Inc. company, is a leading manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles. Products sold under the E-Z-GO brand include RXV® and TXT® fleet golf cars, Freedom® RXV and Freedom TXT personal golf cars, ST personal utility vehicles, Shuttle personnel carriers, and MPT turf-maintenance vehicles. E-Z-GO also produces the Cushman® line of heavy-duty material carriers.

E-Z-GO is the preferred golf car fleet provider for many of the world’s most revered golf courses, clubs and resorts. E-Z-GO is also the golf car of choice of nine of the nation’s ten largest course-management companies. E-Z-GO boasts the largest sales and service network in the industry, with more factory branch locations and independent distributors than any other manufacturer of golf cars and utility vehicles.

Founded in 1954 in Augusta, Ga., E-Z-GO became part of Textron Inc. in 1960.

About Textron

Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron in known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, and Textron Systems. More information is available at www.textron.com.

About Kevin Harvick Inc.:

Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.

- Kevin Harvick Inc. Press Release

Jay Robinson Racing

Iron Horse Jeans will be concluding its 2010 Nationwide season with Jay Robinson Racing. Iron Horse Jeans has been an active sponsor of Nationwide this season and made its first debut with driver Tayler Malsam. This is the first time they have sponsored JRR though, and team owner Jay Robinson is happy about it, “We are excited to be a part of this big weekend for Iron Horse Jeans and are very appreciative for their support of our Team,” said owner Jay Robinson. Mark Wentura, President and co-founder of Iron Horse Jeans is also happy, commenting, “We are looking forward to a great race in Phoenix this weekend with not just one car but two with all the trimmings including two of the biggest names in racing.”

Over the years, Kenny Wallace has built a reputation as one of NASCAR’s most colorful and well known personalities as well as having some successful career highlights. This 9-time NASCAR Busch Series Winner has come straight from racing bloodlines as he will be racing against his brother Mike and nephew Steve Wallace this weekend in one of the highest levels of NASCAR racing. Kenny is happy to have Iron Horse Jeans as a sponsor and expressed so in typical Kenny fashion, “these jeans make me look good, and that’s hard to do, oh but with them on, I’m so, so, pretty.”

Mark Green also comes from a very respected racing family, with his two, brother’s Jeff and David, both having been past Busch Series, now the Nationwide series, Champions. Mark is equally happy about the sponsorship and running alongside his brother’s in Phoenix, “This is a perfect sponsor for us, we are jeans and t-shirt racers, and I don’t mind looking good while we’re turning laps.”

Iron Horse Jeans is a new denim alternative – an exclusive jeans brand that offers designer jeans

styles at affordable prices with superior features. Iron Horse focuses on combining the hottest fabrications and fits with vintage washes and details. In addition to great denim, they offer an extensive line of premium knit tops, belts, women’s outerwear, and men’s woven shirts.

Since the launch of Iron Horse Jeans in September of 2009, the company has been sponsoring numerous rodeo events, Arabian horse shows, and trade shows and will now be a force in NASCAR. Iron Horse Jeans is now available in many retail locations across the United States, Canada and online.

- Jay Robinson Racing Press Release

Toyota Motorsports

Phoenix International Raceway – November 12, 2010

- Kyle Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
(NCWTS) race at Phoenix International Raceway.

- Aric Almirola (fifth), Mike Skinner (sixth), David Starr (eighth) and Justin Lofton (ninth) also posted top-10 results for
Toyota at the one-mile race track.

- Tundra drivers Todd Bodine (12th), Timothy Peters (13th), Tayler Malsam (18th), Steve Park (19th), Tom Hessert (31st),
Jason White (32nd) and Butch Miller (36th) were also in the field.

- Bodine clinched the NCWTS driver championship at Phoenix. He holds a 202-point advantage over Almirola (second)
with one race remaining this season — and 195 points being the maximum available in next weekend’s series season finale
at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

- This is Bodine’s second NCWTS title with Germain Racing and Toyota. He also won the 2006 NCWTS championship.
Other Toyota drivers in the top-10 of the unofficial NCWTS point standings include Peters (sixth), Skinner (eighth), Starr
(ninth) and White (10th) after 24 of 25 races.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports increased their lead over Germain Racing in the unofficial NCWTS owner standings to 120
points with one race remaining in 2010.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 2nd

How was your race?

“I don’t know what the difference was there but the guys gave me a great Z-Line Designs Tundra tonight. It wasn’t the best in the first run. We made a huge swing at it there and got it a lot better in the middle part of the race, then there at the end we just didn’t have enough. The 2 (Clint Bowyer) was the class of the field tonight. It’s unfortunate because they beat us here last year with (Kevin) Harvick driving. We had a great points night tonight. Obviously, there are two winners here with (Todd) Bodine and Clint (Bowyer), but maybe next week will be ours.”

Are you satisfied with a second-place finish?

“We were racing for the win. There in the beginning part of the race we just didn’t have the Tundra we were looking for. In the middle part of the race we got a lot of adjustment built into it. Eric (Phillips, crew chief) did a great job getting it to where we could run in the lead and have a shot probably at winning the race, I thought. The last stop we made some more changes and just missed a little bit. Clint (Bowyer) was the class of the field tonight. He had a great truck. It’s tough to get beat by those guys two years in a row but there’s two winners here tonight in Todd (Bodine) and Clint (Bowyer) and hopefully next week will be our night. I can’t thank Z-Line Designs and all the guys at FlexCo, and everyone at M&M’s, Mars an d NOS Energy Drink. It was a great night for us here. Coming up second is disappointing but we know what the big picture is for next week.”

What do you feel knowing you increased the owner’s championship lead with one race to go?

“We would have liked to have won the race but you take a good truck like this and you run second with it and beat the guys you’re here to beat and we’ll look to next week and try for a win there.”

Does having a 120 point lead in the owner’s title make you feel a little bit better?

“It is what it is, we knew that running well, the points would take care of themselves and it’s good to have that little bit of
cushion going into next week granted nothing happens. We’ll be looking at the banquet on Monday.”

What does the likelihood of winning the owner’s truck title mean?

“It means a lot. Where we started this year and actually not having anything a year ago at this point and coming as far as we’ve come — it means quite a bit to myself and to Eric Phillips (crew chief) and Rick Ren (general manager) and all the families that we have that work for us. All the dedication that they give and the time that they’ve put in this year. When we started, I remember — I think it was December 1st Rick came on, he didn’t start until December 7th because he decided he wanted a vacation before he got involved in starting a race team.

We had three guys working for us up until Christmas and then after Christmas, from December 27th or whatever it was until New Years, we had about seven guys . Then we had 14 guys on January 5th. We came from nothing. We came from redoing trucks from Xpress that we could just get to the race track. We bought some assets from Roush Racing to get to the race track for Daytona. We knew that they had good restrictor plate trucks and we built a lot of our own new stuff. It’s come a long ways and it’s been a lot of hard work but yet there’s still a lot more work to do in order to get fully funded for next year.”

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 5th

How was your race?

“It was a good night for us. We fought really loose all night. We couldn’t find a good balance for our truck. To have the truck not handle the way we wanted it to and come home with a fifth, I’m proud of that. I wanted to be better than that tonight. We’ve run really good here before and I’m just disappointed we didn’t run any better than that.”

Does a string of 12 top-10 finishes mean anything to you?

“Nah, I’d rather win races.”

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Toyota Tundra, Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

JUSTIN LOFTON, No. 7 visitPIT.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 9th

TODD BODINE, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 12th

How does it feel to be the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion?

“Actually, I wish it felt better. That was such a terrible performance tonight. But, one night doesn’t make a team. And Germain Racing has done a hell of a job all year — so consistent every week. Once in a while you’re going to slip and have nights like this, but we never gave up we kept digging the whole night. And Jr. (Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief) made some adjustments. It just wasn’t there. I’m proud to be part of a race team that can do what we do every week and year after year. We’ve never finished out of the top-four in points. That says a lot about Jr. and the way he operates his team and his guys and all the guys that we have. Just a tremendous effort for five years now and to get number two is validation for number one. So, it’s pretty special.

How special is it to be back on top with this team?

“That’s the deal. I mean, we didn’t have a sponsor, but the Germain brothers decided last winter that we were going to race this 30 truck no matter what. They were going to come out of their pockets to make this happen knowing that we have a team that can go out and win races, run up front and win championships. They knew that they had that kind of team. They put that commitment, that trust in Jr. (Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief) and Sr. (Mike Hillman, general manager) and myself and all these guys that we can go out and get it done.

So, for them to have Germain.com and Germain Motor Company on this truck — that makes us proud. We had Valvoline on here four times this year and we were really proud to represent them — they have been so good to our sport and been a great partner for Germain and Germain Racing.”

How does it feel to clinch your second NCWTS championship?

“It’s pretty awesome. It’s a little disappointing because our performance tonight was terrible. We just really missed it. It shows the character of this team all year long to never give up. We knocked up a lot of top-fives and that’s what really did it for us.

We have four wins, which is great, but the top-fives and consistency of this team and how hard these guys work every week — that’s what got us here to this point. We did this without a sponsor. We have Germain Motor Company on the quarter panels, but that’s three guys (Germain brothers) that care about their team and love the people that work for their team. They made that commitment to fund this out of their pockets. Knowing that getting a sponsor was a big question mark, they made that commitment to this team and those guys to come out and do this for us.

They knew we could win this championship. We have a great team. All the guys back at the shop and TRD and everybody at Triad are doing a great job with the motors. We’ve got an incredible race team. It’s a shame we don’t have a sponsor on here. We have something going into the winter with and a little momentum here. It’s been a good year — can’t complain. I want to say hi to my daughter Ashlyn, I know you’re watching pumpkin, I love you.”

How does your team have a never say die attitude?

“That’s exactly right. The first five races we got top-five finishes, but we really didn’t have good race trucks. They were
driving terrible. (Mike Hillman) Jr. (crew chief) figured out how to make them drive and then we got that consistency and got that momentum. Along the way we had a lot of good luck. I forget where it was, we had a flat tire coming down pit road and the caution comes out — saves our lap. The spin and win at Kentucky — we’ve had good luck and those types of things that along with good performance and hard work you’ve got to have good luck. We had it this year. My buddy (Ron) Hornaday, he’s had the worst luck all year and tonight is another example. You’ve just got to have good luck. We did that. The old adage is you make your own luck and this team has done a great job all year doing that.”

What does this win mean to your team?

“Germain Racing has done such a great job. All the guys at the shop and the motor shop and the guys on the road crew. (Mike Hillman) Jr. (crew chief) has led this team to another championship. It shows his leadership skills and how good a person he is. We have a never give up attitude — that’s what brought us to this point and got us here. We never give up. We’ve been down and we’ve been laps down and come back and win races. We don’t give up and I’m proud to be the guy that drives this Toyota Tundra for a great race team.”

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 International Trucks / Monaco RV Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports
Finishing Position: 6th

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 13th

TAYLER MALSAM, No. 25 Exide Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 18th

STEVE PARK, No. 46 VanDyk Boiler Corp Toyota Tundra, Eddie Sharp Racing

Finishing Position: 19th

TOM HESSERT, No. 9 Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 31st

JASON WHITE, No. 23 GunBroker.com / RMEF Toyota Tundra, Gun Broker Racing

Finishing Position: 32nd

BUTCH MILLER, No. 07 ASI Limited Toyota Tundra, Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 36th

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

Randy Moss Motorsports

This Week’s Tundra… Malsam will compete with chassis RMM-107 at Phoenix International Speedway on Friday night. The chassis was last raced at O’Reilly Raceway Park during this summer’s nine-race stretch. At that event, the EXIDE Toyota team raced to a ninth-place finish despite having damage to the nose of their Toyota Tundra.

Welcome Back Exide… Tayler Malsam will return to the track in the No. 25 EXIDE Toyota Tundra this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. The 21-year-old Pacific Northwest native raced with the support of the Georgia-based company during his 2010 debut with Randy Moss Motorsports at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This season marks the second consecutive year of Randy Moss Motorsports being powered by EXIDE.

Malsam and Stillman Race Together Again… Tayler Malsam’s return to Randy Moss Motorsports allowed him to be reunited with his former crew chief, Dan Stillman. Racing in his sophomore season, Malsam started the year racing with Stillman calling the shots for his team at Kyle Busch Motorsports. After that partnership was cut short, the two reunited on the No. 25 EXIDE Toyota Tundra at Randy Moss Motorsports. Stillman is a seasoned veteran in NASCAR’s top-three divisions with a total of 14 years experience, and has been calling the shots as a crew chief for the last six seasons.

Follow Tayler… Fans are invited to follow Tayler Malsam, driver of the No. 25 EXIDE Toyota Tundra, on twitter @TaylerMalsam. Fans can also check out http://www.taylermalsam.com for news and updates about the Sammamish, Wash., native throughout the week.

Get the Inside Scoop… Follow Randy Moss Motorsports on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook to get real-time updates and behind the scenes information: http://www.twitter.com/RMMRacing or http://www.facebook.com/randymossmotorsports.

Watch and Listen… The Lucas Oil 150 from Phoenix International Raceway will be featured live on SPEED Channel on Friday, November 12. Coverage of the 150-mile race will be aired on SPEED, MRN Radio and Sirius XM Radio, Channel 128, at 7:30 p.m. EST. Qualifying will take place just hours before the green flag is scheduled to drop at the Arizona track on Friday afternoon and will be broadcast on SPEED Channel at 4:30 p.m. EST.

Tayler Malsam on racing at Phoenix International Raceway

“I’m really looking forward to going back to Phoenix [International Raceway] again. It’s a track unlike any other that the [NASCAR Camping World] Truck Series races at throughout the season. It has a whole different set of challenges than what we face on a weekly basis, so I’m looking forward to making my second start there in the No. 25 EXIDE Toyota Tundra. Both of my trucks from Randy Moss Motorsports have been really competitive this season, and I’m sure this week’s truck will be no different.”

Crew Chief Dan Stillman on competing at Phoenix International Raceway

“I’m looking forward to having Tayler [Malsam] in the EXIDE Toyota Tundra this weekend at Phoenix [International Raceway]. He isn’t scared to get up on the wheel and make something happen throughout the course of the race. Even after we damaged our truck last week, he was still giving it all he had and picking up positions. Phoenix [International Raceway] is a really cool place; it’s a completely different type of track and I think Tayler will do very well behind the wheel of the EXIDE Toyota Tundra.”

- Randy Moss Motorsports Press Release

Max Papis

Papis and the GEICO team quickly took to the 1.5-mile quad-oval and appeared comfortable through the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ two practice sessions on Thursday. The opening session saw the No. 9 GEICO Tundra 14th on the speed charts, while the final practice session saw Papis as a respectable 19th.

With practice in the books and only qualifying remaining, Papis solidified his position in the field when he qualified the No. 9 GEICO Tundra 23rd for Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350K NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. He toured the facility in just 30.608 seconds, at a rate of speed of 176.424 miles per hour.

While his teammate, Todd Bodine, is on the verge of winning his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, Papis has his mind set on 2011. His final races of the 2010 season are preparing him for his own run at the Truck Series championship in 2011.

Cool temperatures and the smell of thousands of campfires blanketed the racetrack on Friday night, as the green flag waved under clear skies. Starting 23rd, Papis quickly jumped to 20th on the opening lap before a Johanna Long spin brought out the event’s first caution flag of the night. Just one lap into the race, there was no reason for Papis to bring the No. 9 GEICO Tundra down pit road.

Papis would restart 19th on Lap 5 and ride solidly in the Top 20 before the evening’s second caution flag was displayed on Lap 41. Just one lap later, Papis traveled down pit road where the Germain Racing pit crew outfitted the No. 9 GEICO Tundra with four fresh tires, a full tank of fuel and a right rear air pressure adjustment. While Papis entered pit road in the 20th position, the Germain Racing pit crew turned him around in astounding time, sending Mad Max back out onto the racing surface in the 14th position.

The race would once again go green on Lap 49, but just three laps later the caution lights were flashing at Texas Motor Speedway for a crash involving Ron Hornaday, Tayler Malsam and Miguel Paludo. After just three laps of racing, it was not necessary for the No. 9 GEICO Tundra to visit pit road.

Papis restarted the race in the 14th position on Lap 60 and by Lap 97 the Gecko was sitting 12th. The No. 9 GEICO Tundra entered the Top 10 on Lap 98, but the following lap would cause Papis’ demise.

As he exited Turn 4, Papis’ truck appeared to run out of fuel. By the time he entered the front-stretch it was a certainty. Papis managed to coast around the 1.5-mile quad-oval and make it to pit road where the GEICO Racing pit crew would provide him with the necessary fuel. Unfortunately, the GEICO Tundra had stalled and because there was no fuel pressure it would take time to build up the pressure. Once Papis had the truck re-fired, he returned to the race, but he would do so five laps down in the 26th position; a far cry from where he was running in 10th just a few minutes earlier.

Despite the setback, Papis continued to pick up positions and when the checkered flag was displayed, he recorded a 23rd place finish. The final result was clearly not indicative of his performance throughout the evening.

“We had a nice run going tonight in the No. 9 GEICO Tundra, but the fuel problem really ended it for us,” said a dejected Papis. “I battled a tight truck all night, but we kept fighting and this GEICO pit crew did a great job of getting me in and out. We’re building for next year, we have a new crew chief and right now everything is looking great. The things that happened in Talladega last week and then what happened tonight is just misfortune, not mistakes. We’re doing a good job and you will continue to see us be competitive and run up front.”

Papis and the GEICO team will take a week off before traveling to south Florida for the final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the 2010 season.

Papis and the No. 9 GEICO Toyota Tundra will hit the 1.5-mile oval of Homestead-Miami Speedway for the opening practice session at 5:00 PM (EDT) on Thursday, November 18th. Qualifying will take place on Friday at 5:05 PM (EDT).

The Ford 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is on Friday, November 19th. The race will be televised live on SPEED beginning at 7:30 PM (EDT), while the Motor Racing Network (MRN) will carry the live radio broadcast.

To learn more about the GEICO Racing program, please visit: www.geicogarage.com

You can also follow GEICO Racing on Twitter: www.twitter.com/geicoracing